Toy Madness final: Cars vs. Cube

Updated 11:05 am, Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Contestants compete during the 2012 World Cube Association's U.S. National Championship at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Aug. 4, 2012. In a world increasingly run by engineers and algorithms, the familiar Rubik's Cube has found a new relevance, engaging a new generation of puzzlers, many born decades after its initial heyday. (Isaac Brekken/The New York Times)

Wow. Rubik's Cube beat Monopoly, and Matchbox Cars took down Etch A Sketch to give us the championship match-up in the March of the Toys Madness. Now that's some madness.

In mid-November, we began with 64 toys in a March Madness-style competition to crown the Capital Region's all-time favorite toy. Now we are down to just two toys, after five rounds and 34,236 votes cast on the Times Union's Parent to Parent blog (http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting).

Only one can be No. 1, and which one is up to you. Voting is now open in the championship round of the March of the Toys Madness.

The voting will close at noon Monday, Dec. 17, with the winner announced on the cover of the Scene section on Friday, Dec. 21.